| Joaquín García Borrero | |
| Office: | Senator of Colombia |
| Office2: | Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia |
| Constituency2: | Huila Department |
| Term Start2: | 20 July 1928 |
| Term End2: | 20 July 1930 |
| Office3: | Governor of Huila Department |
| President3: | Enrique Olaya Herrera |
| Term Start3: | 12 February 1932 |
| Term End3: | 22 April 1932 |
| Predecessor3: | Antonio María Paredes |
| Successor3: | Santiago Sánchez Soto |
| Birth Date: | 18 January 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Gigante, Tolima, Colombia |
| Death Place: | Neiva, Neiva, Colombia |
| Party: | Colombian Liberal Party |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Spouse: | Susana Salas Calderón |
| Children: | Álvaro, Ramiro, Amparo, Consuelo, Inés, Leonor, Jimeno, Rosario |
| Alma Mater: | Cornell University |
| Profession: | Civil engineer |
Joaquín García Borrero was a Colombian engineer, politician, historian and writer. He is remembered for his contributions to the progress of Huila Department. He was member of the Colombian Chamber of Representatives, Senator of Colombia and Governor of Huila Department.[1]
García was member of the Academia Colombiana de la Lengua and the Academia Colombiana de la historia. He was the founder and first president of the Centro Departamental de Historia which originated the current Academia Huilense de Historia.[2]
In 1998, 50 years after his death, García received the Orden de la Democracia Simón Bolívar given by the Colombian Chamber of Representatives given as a recognition to people and institutions which have worked to improve society and democracy.
Joaquín García Borrero was born in Gigante, Huila in 1894. His parents were Abelardo García Salas and María Inés Borrero Alvarez. He had descended from prominent individuals such as Neiva's Governor Joaquín García Bernabeu, his grandfather, and Colombia's independence war patriot Benito Salas Vargas, his great-great-grandfather.
Book: Calderón, Delmiro Moreno . Joaquín García Borrero . 1998 . Editorial Kimpres Ltda. . Neiva-Huila.